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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fascinated William?
(a) Machines.
(b) Writing books.
(c) Horses.
(d) Women.

2. How does William know what he tells the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?
(a) He is psychic.
(b) He is guessing at random.
(c) Someone has told him.
(d) Through informed reasoning.

3. What is William’s nationality?
(a) German.
(b) British.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

4. When does Compline take place?
(a) Around 6 p.m.
(b) At 4:30 p.m.
(c) Between 2:30 and 3:30a.m.
(d) Before 7 p.m.

5. What surprises the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?
(a) That William knows so much about the horse.
(b) That William and Adso have arrived so early.
(c) That they are there at all.
(d) That William has deigned to come to visit them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was sunset in the Prologue?

2. When did the narrator receive the manuscript?

3. Who did Louis see as his allies?

4. What is the first monk Adso and William meet looking for?

5. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?

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